{"id":18585,"date":"2021-08-18T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T22:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=18585"},"modified":"2021-08-18T22:00:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T22:00:16","slug":"as-us-turns-inward-china-looks-to-expand-its-role-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=18585","title":{"rendered":"As US turns inward, China looks to expand its role in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina is pushing for a bigger role in the Middle East by promising to work more closely with the region\u2019s main players to resolve disputes and ensure stability, as the United States beats a hasty retreat from Afghanistan and remains in a deadlock with Iran.The pledge was reinforced by China\u2019s special envoy for Middle East affairs Zhai Jun on Tuesday, when he said that China was closely concerned with developments in the region.His remarks, to a virtual forum attended by academics and former\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3145476\/us-turns-inward-china-looks-expand-its-role-middle-east?utm_source=rss_feed\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina is pushing for a bigger role in the Middle East by promising to work more closely with the region\u2019s main players to resolve&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18585"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}